392 GENERAL INDEX. 



Brown Bent, natural history of, 39 



Buffalo Grass on the prairies, 249, 252, 258 



Bur Grass, description of, 147 



California, grasses of, 196, 251, 255 



Canadian Lyme Grass, description of, 119 



" Rice, natural history of, 56 



Cane, natural history of the, 110 



Catch-Fly Grass, description of, 27 



Cerealia, description of the, 155, 158, 163, 168, 171 



" importance of the, 155 



" climatic range of the, 259, 261, 263 



Charcoal, use of as a manure, 373 



Cheap Implements, economy of, 310 



Chess, natural history of, 102 



" cultivation as \Vil lard's Bromus, 104,105,106 



Chinese Sugar-Cane, natural history of, 150, 151, 152, 338 



Circular Letter on the Grasses, 243-245 



Climate, effect of on vegetation, 184, 239, 241, 255, 257, 260, 262 



" range of for grasses, 246, 254, 255, 260 



' " " grains, 259, 261, 262 



Close-flowered Small Reed, description of, 49 



Clover, comparative value of, 185, 226, 228, 230, 335 



" mode of curing, 335, 337 



" effect of on the soil 210,285 



" Seed, time of sowing 187, 296, 297 



Clustered Spear Grass, description, 79 



Clustering Muhlenbergia, natural history of, 46 



" Slender Grass, description, 64 



Common Canary Grass, culture of, 135 



" Manna Grass, description of, 75 



" Millet, 142, 143 



" Reed Grass, natural history of, 109, 207, 258 



" Spear Grass 87, 89, 91 



Composition of the Grasses, 224, 227, 229 



Compost, modes of forming, 378, 379, 382 



" value of greater than its separate parts, 380 



Corn Fodder, curing of, 338,339 



Couch Grass, natural history of, 115, 116 



Cows, experiments in feeding, 105, 106 



Cow Grass, description of, 189 



Creeping Meadow Grass, description of, 92 



" Soft Grass, natural history of, 130,131 



Crested Dog's-tail, description of, 137, 138, 224, 227 



Crop Grass, description of, 64 



Crowded Calamagrostis, description of, 48 



Cut Grass, natural history of, 26 



Cutting Grass in the blossom, 136, 291), 301, 303, 307 



" " modes of, 307,308,310,313,320 



Darnel, or Perennial Rye Grass, 110, 111 



Division Fences on the Farm, 316, 318 



Downy Oat Grass, 125 



" Triple Awn, description of, 59 



" Persoon, natural history of, 124 



Drainage, importance of, 385 



Drought, effect of on vegetation, 294, 2'J6 



Dupontia Grass, description of, 66 



Early Wild Oat Grass, description of, 127 



